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Canon could split the line as they did with the XXD and 7D line, but they would need a new naming system as they inadvisedly used the 7 moniker. Of course the big question is what sort of spec sensor. A faster readout conventional sensor, or a stacked sensor, using their new patented stacked...

Well, I said the 200-800mm, would be weather sealed, and it made absolutely no sense that it would not be. Canon's product video, shows sealing gaskets throughout the lens. Yes, I said the fuzzy pic looked a bit like an internal zoom, but noted that it looked shorter than the Sony and Nikon...

I am certain the photo is genuine, and it matches what YouTube bird photographer Jan Wegner said about the lens some weeks back, and he wasn't going by either the rumour sites or patents, but what he'd been told by people who'd seen it. He said it would be white. Anyway, we'll all know for...

Depends on whether it's an extending lens or internal zoom (the latter don't need tension rings). It does look a bit like an internal zoom lens. However, it looks similar in length or less to the Sony and Nikon 600mm zooms, So either it has a DO element, or has some sort of extension, or other...

As I said before, I thought it unlikely this lens would not have weather sealing, as it's clearly Canon's answer to Sony and Nikon's 600mm zooms, with an extra 200mm to give it the edge. It wouldn't make any sense to hamstring without weather sealing, to give Sony and Nikon an edge, when there's...

Sorry, this just isn't true. Only Olympus, or now OM System, or something like that, give an actual IP rating. So when a lens says it is weather sealed, you have no idea to what degree, as none are actually waterproofed, or gas purged, like a pair of binoculars. Weather sealing means many...

I don't understand this rationale of the speculation about weather sealing, that only L lenses have weather sealing, so if it is not an L lens, it won't have weather sealing. Both the Sony and Nikon 180/200-600mm lenses have weather sealing, even if they are not in either of those system's top...

I'm really interested in this. My 100-400mm mk2 and DSLRs are still my walk around long lens, and I've made my mind up to go with an R7. I was angling to get the 100-500mm, but this seems very interesting as I spend a lot of time on a big open site, where reach is all important. The important...

I think quite a few, will just be M mount lenses, with new mounts for RF-S.

The Nikon PF 500mm f5.6 lens is a pretty epic wildlife/bird lens, for anyone that doesn't want one of the big fast telephoto primes, either because of weight or cost. It's basically as sharp as the big lenses, but lighter than a 100-400 zoom. I have absolutely no idea why Canon didn't learn from...

Personally, I haven't found the difference between my 20mp Canon 7D mkII (+70D) files or those from the 24mp 80D that great in practise. Yes, sure I noticed at first the 24mp had slightly better detail at 100%. But in the real world, for all intents and purposes, they're the same. I think it...

I'm certainly interested in this camera/system. My particular interest is as a replacement for my 7D mkII, 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 mkII combination, which is my standard walk around combination (I have a shedload of macro lenses, other lenses, bodies), but this is my do all combo for nature shooting...

24mp would make sense, considering that until recently, no sports system camera exceeded that, and Canon would have been planning this camera, developing the sensor etc, from several years back, where without industrial espionage, Canon would have been unaware that Sony and Nikon were aiming to...

Every time this comes up, self-styled experts will opine that there is no longer any market for APS-C. I cannot say for other niches, but those who express these opinions completely fail to understand the nature photography niche and understand how big it is. We're not necessarily talking about...

I like using Occam's razor i.e. the most likely explanation is the one that makes the fewest assumptions. I'd guess that Techradar's source of information is merely likely to be the old rumours that it would be a 45mp sensor, and they simply haven't kept up with the latest rumours. They did...

I think you're right because the MP-E 65mm f2.8 1-5x macro lens uses the same designation. It is also manual focus. Even though I've owned this lens for at least 13 years, I'd never thought about this before. But it does make sense, and would explain the E suffix on the tilt-shift lenses.

I believe that there are Canon patents for a macro lens with soft focus control. It's very difficult to know if this what this SA ring is for or if it is another unknown function. As others have pointed out, the 26cm range on the focus limiter indicates that this does focus closer than 1:1 as...

I agree it's probably a challenge. But the Laowa lenses prove it is possible with good image quality. I'd love an MP-E type lens with 0.5x or even better 0.3 times, so you could fit dragonflies, bigger butterflies in the frame. However, for a walk around lens infinity focus is always useful in...

I think we can have a pretty good guess that this is an RF 1Dx type camera. With the Olympics coming and a 600mm f4 and 400mm f2.8 about to be announced. If this camera isn't it, we can expect one. The only question has always been whether Canon had the technology they were satisfied with for a...

The reported 1.4x magnification, which should be written 1.4:1, not 1:1.4 reproduction ratio would be interesting and useful. However, as a specialist field macro photographer for a long time this is not enough. It doesn't even give the frame filling power on FF that you get with a 1:1 lens on a...